People have recently posted pics of the adult dragonfly that are colorful and fly. This represents the nymph stage of them that can be rewarding for fly fishermen when targeting rainbow trout.
An interesting capture and narrative! I had no idea that fly fishermen might use these as bait - but it makes sense, this resembles those artificial bait things one can buy in the shops. I feel bad for the poor nymph, though!
haha ;-) at least a real live nymph lives to see another day!